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This is a fascinating collection of prefaces to various literary works. As the collector says, prefaces give fascinating insights into an author's state of mind and purpose when writing his or her work. They help the reader to better understand the value and significance of the work.
Primary Heads contains lessons on leadership from a group of highly successful primary head teachers. The book starts with an overview of current thinking on good leadership practice and then takes the reader through the personal stories of 12 head teachers who have, sometimes in the face of extraordinary adversity, transformed their schools. Each has a very personal view on what it has taken for them to succeed and what successful leadership in primary schools should look like. Bill then draws out the key elements from their accounts and details how primary schools and primary heads can create the best possible environment for learning by concentrating on the identified aspects of exceptional leadership. This detailed translation of theories into notably successful practice, presented through the personal accounts of a group of outstanding head teachers, will have a particular resonance for practitioners engaged in the challenging business of education today. Stories of achievement by the successful are not always a source of inspiration or comfort for other teachers, who may search in vain for evidence of the difficulties and adversity they encounter in their own work or possible solutions to them. These clear and honest accounts, however, explore the subject of effective leadership in a way that makes them essential reading for all those, from head teacher to the least experienced staff, who bear responsibility, in varying degrees, for the management and direction of primary schools. The book will be relevant, too, for administrators, school governors and those involved in teacher training and continuing professional developmentMostra libro
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Rubáiyát is a collection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám (1048 – 1123). Rubaiyat" (derived from the Arabic root word for 4) means "quatrains": verses of four lines." (summary from Wikipedia.)Mostra libro
Take Control of Your Anxiety Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Anxiety Toolkit and The Stress-Proof BrainIf you remain stressed out too often or you feel anger without reasons then, you are a victim of anxiety. Anxiety has different types which can give you different sorts of disorders and disorientation in personality. Anxiety is not a bad feeling all the time, because it can give you energy and hope in some desperate situations but that hope and strength comes from controlled anxiety. There are different reasons behind anxiety getting out of control. It can be a phobia, an emotional situation, an accidental trauma and any of such other events but once you realize the core problem then, it gets easier to eliminate and address that situation. For those of us already suffering from anxiety, the holiday season presents its own special challenges.In this bundle, you will learn different techniques which can help you in controlling your emotions, thoughts and anger. These techniques will help you to make your life a happy experience. It will also teach you how to both recognise and manage symptoms of seasonal anxiety. You will find out the best ways to cope in otherwise stressful family and social situations and you will come away equipped with knowledge and exercises that will enable you to successfully deal with anxiety at any time of year.This 2 in 1 bundle includes the following audiobooks:1. The Anxiety Toolkit: The Ultimate Guide on How to Overcome Anxiety, Understand what Anxiety and Season Anxiety is and Discover Proven Techniques to Overcome Them2. The Stress-Proof Brain: The Essential Guide on How to Fight Stress and Anxiety. Learn Proven Strategies on How to Banish Stress and Anxiety From Your LifeGet your copy of Take Control of Your Anxiety 2 in 1 Bundle today!Mostra libro
This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every student the desire to read the best books, and to know literature itself rather than what has been written about literature. The second is to interpret literature both personally and historically, that is, to show how a great book generally reflects not only the author's life and thought but also the spirit of the age and the ideals of the nation's history. The third aim is to show, by a study of each successive period, how our literature has steadily developed from its first simple songs and stories to its present complexity in prose and poetry. (From the Preface by William J. Long)Mostra libro
In this New York Times best-seller, Norman F. Cantor digs through the medical evidence and concludes that the Black Death of the 14th century was probably two diseases at once: bubonic plague and anthrax. He shows how these diseases affected the masses as well as individuals, and thus altered history. Concise, informative, and touched with dark humor, this book is a startlingly fresh view of a frightening epidemic.Mostra libro
WITH A FOREWORD BY NIGEL McCRERY, CREATOR OF SILENT WITNESSGoing beyond the popular TV show, this is the true story of forensic science from those who solve crimes without witnesses.How do you identify a serial killer?What are the tell-tale signs of guilt?Can we now solve the unsolvable?Since even before the first season of Silent Witness in 1996, forensic science has played an increasingly important role in the investigation of violent crimes.With a boom in cold-blooded cases throughout the 1980s, police began to rely on DNA evidence to help them find perpetrators and since then forensic science has taken off as a powerful tool in solving murders. Bestselling true crime author Wensley Clarkson takes us beyond the headlines to examine the real-life stories where forensics have played a crucial role. He speaks to experts who have worked on the most gruesome, most chilling and most shocking crime scenes and explains how notorious criminal cases from across the world were solved.And he shows how the silent witness is often the one who screams the loudest.Mostra libro
